Lower School student Chase Howard appeared on WCBD's "Your Health" in April to discuss his Exhibition of Mastery project on childhood obesity. Way to go, Chase!

Student journalist Ben Schaffer (11th grade) had his final column of the school year published in today's "Your Lowcountry" section of the Post & Courier. His next column will appear in the fall.

Topics covered in the June 24th column include:

• Ted Turner at CCS graduation
  
• Senior Exhibitions of Mastery
  
• New Intermediate Program in Middle School
  
• Fine Arts Week 2010
  

You can read Ben's entire column here.

Congratulations to all the students who made Head of School's List or Director's List for the Fourth Quarter! As a reminder: this year, there are new categories and different qualifications for Lower School and Middle & Upper School Honor Rolls to reflect the addition of Effort Grades in Middle and Upper School. These qualifications are noted beside each list.

Lower School (4th & 5th only)

Head of School's List (90-100 average, with no grade below 85): Hunter Albers, Nikki Bregman, Grace Christoph, Shea McLernon, Zoe Myers, Riley Steward, Jacob Shapiro, Chase Howard, Jacob Bryson, Becca Anne Byrum , Brinley Frank, Cameron Hay, Will Hutchisson, Eddie Monahan, Jack Ploch, Roger Ploch, Virginia Quarles, Ling Shapiro, Skylar Shipe

Director's List (85-89 average, with no grade below 80): Hutch Fontaine, Emily Leonard, Melissa Linder, Gabrielle Strother, Tyler Montgomery, Rhyanne Foster

Middle School
Head of School's List (90-100 average, with no grade below 90): Michael Afrin, Mary Grace Bowers, Andre Coaxum, Nancey Fang, Chelsea Jennings, Michael McCann, Pinita Tovar

Director's List (Effort Grade average of 3.6 or above): Mimi Bordeaux, Sarah Cheatham, Sam Hutchisson, Mhairi Keehn, Paola Macias, Joel Mata, Mackie McLernon, Tiairah McNeill, Hayden Poe, Nathaniel Reyes, Kate Simmons, Kyra Westerberg, Andrew Westmoreland, Shana Bishop, Peighton Davis, Cole Drury, Kaitlin Eakin, Hayden Frank, Lena Hurley, Christopher Kitchens, Caroline Knight, Arturo Mata, Mikael Odum, Alex Tovar, Rose Washburn, Mikey Zervos, Caitlyn Berl, Jed Christoph, Josh Leutz, Eliza Limehouse, Conor McCarty, Aspen Odle, Carlos Rodriguez-Ventura, Will Simmons, Emily Smith, Laddie Smith

Upper School
Head of School's List (90-100 average, with no grade below 90): Ben Schaffer, Tyler Swain, Hunter McCoy, Hayes Crumbley, Arran Montgomery, Sydney Bertsch, Stuart Bowers, Nicole Fredericks, Johnna Menke

Director's List (Effort Grade average of 3.6 or above): Sarah Smith, Flor Salcedo, Jennifer Moya, Taylor Jennings, Caroline Gibson, Angelic Cuvarrubio, Allie Watts Walker, Nicole Smith, Vanessa Salcedo, Thalia Orozco, Deb Frasier, Danielle Buck, Claudia Balliet, Robert Fox, Aaron Willis, Juan Soto, Isaiah Lavallee, Zach Frehse, Andrew Bertsch, Taylor Searcy, Savannah Odum, Mia Blunt, Karla Aguirre, Chet Wood, Josh Scheer, Sean Pendarvis, Jamey Mears, Trevor Mallard, John Brewer, Stuart Barickman, Alex Westmoreland, Miguel Salcedo, Mason Joye, Trevor Grosse

Student journalist Ben Schaffer (11th grade) had his second column published in today's "Your Lowcountry" section of the Post & Courier. Topics covered in his June 10th column include:

• Green Week, Science Night, and Lower School Camp Out
  
• 2010 Winterim
  
• CCS Sailing team
  

You can read Ben's entire column here.

Candid photographs from 2010 Graduation are now available on Snapfish. Many thanks to our photographers, Tommy Ford and Walter Golosky of Strawbridge Studios, for being there and allowing us to share these with the CCS community!

View Tommy Ford's CCS graduation photos.

View Walter Golosky's CCS graduation photos.

Saturday was CCS's 38th graduation, and the Class of 2010 was privileged to have Ted Turner as their commencement speaker. For a full write-up on Saturday's events, please see the attached press release.

Congratulations to our newest graduates! We are proud of you.

graduation_pressrelease_Turner.pdf

Please see the attached flyer from Educational Outfitters for information on their June sale.

EdOutfitters_sale_CCSFLIER.pdf

Final exams are right around the corner! Please see the attached exam schedule and informational letter from Gretchen Batalis, Head of Middle School and Acting Head of Upper School.

09-10_final_exam_letter_to_parents.pdf

0910_exams_2ndsemester_public.pdf

Please see the attached schedule for senior exams, which run from Friday, May 14th to Tuesday, May 18th. If you have any questions, contact Gretchen Batalis.

May2010_SeniorExamSchedule.pdf

On March 10th, CCS Board Chairman Nedra Hecker met with parents for a special Coffee with the Head. Please see the attached letter for her thoughts on the discussion at that meeting.

coffeewthechairfinal410 _2_.pdf